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- 1922 Dec 1 - 1923 Apr 5 (Creation)
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69pp
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Official war diary of 56 Frontier Force Rifles, relating to a tour of duty on the North West Frontier, India, between Asad Khel and Razmak (Waziristan), as part of the Razmak Field Force, notably recording the movements of the whole battalion from camp to camp along the route; arrivals and departures of various units and supply convoys from a base camp during the creation and garrisoning of permanent piquets on the high ground; incidents of sniping and ambush by Mahsuds; the return of the battalion to a rest camp at Kohat; appendices concerning the strength of the battalion, details of permanent piquets in the Asad Khel sector, statements of casualties, temperature charts, and rough copies of operational orders. 69pp.
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